Survival of the Fattest (sculpture)

Survival of the Fattest (English Survival of the fattest ) is a sculpture and represents a small starving boy wearing a fat woman dar., The sculpture was created by Jens and Lars Calmar Galschiøt in 2002. It represents a symbol of the uneven distribution of resources in the world; they do is in Copenhagen.

Sculpture and symbols

The 3.5 -meter-high bronze sculpture was created in 2002 and shows a huge fat woman from the western world, sitting on the shoulders of a starving African boy. The woman holds a pair of scales as a Symbol of justice. Her eyes are closed, however. This is to be shown that justice is degenerate in self-righteousness. It also represents the unwillingness to see the obvious injustice.

The sculpture will be a message to the rich part of the world. Your focus is on the obesity of people in the Western world through their sprawling consumption, while people are dying of hunger in the Third World. Because of the uneven distribution of resources in the world, most people in the Western world live comfortably and oppress the poor by an unjust world trade. Due to the rich countries to poor countries be kept away from the markets of the West by tariff barriers and subsidies.

Exhibition at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

In 2009 Jens Galschiøt showed at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen a series of sculptures under the title Seven Meters, in which the sculpture Survival of the Fattest was probably the most moving sculpture. The sculpture was placed in the harbor of Copenhagen, next to the internationally famous sculpture Little Mermaid into the water. The Little Mermaid is a national monument and is seen by an estimated 1 million tourists a year. With this placement of the sculpture Jens Galschiøt was sure that the explosive message received international attention. In addition, the placement of the sculpture Survival of the Fattest should point Little Mermaid from the eponymous fairy tale it next to the sculpture that the aims and objectives of the wealthy countries are nothing more than fairy tales at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.